Teen years can be described as the years of hectic feelings and explosive emotions with mood swings, extreme feelings and rebellious behaviour as their calling cards. This experience can be devastating to the teenagers and parents alike as they look to find their way in the new world of the emotional and mental wellbeing.
It is vital to understand the meaning and context of emotion in adolescent life in handling teenagers. One should realize that emotional distress teenagers undergo is the process of growing up and eventually joining the adult world. Due to all these physical and emotional changes that have to be faced by teenagers they are left dazed, frustrated and depressed and even stressed. Depression, anxiety and mood are the most prevalent forms of mental illnesses reported cases in adolescents. The parents are supposed to know the signs and symptoms of these mental health related issues to enable them offer the necessary support and intervention.
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Parents can also encourage information sharing and can foster a non- judgmental and supportive home atmosphere that can make teenagers feel free to be expressive in bringing out their opinions and feelings. Quite essential is the need to provide the adolescents with knowledge and support when they faces a distressed emotional state. Becoming a nonjudgmental listener, being able to empathies and to put her/ his self in the same place where the teenagers are using words can help the teens to feel that they are being listened to and heard.
Encouraging good skills in coping better with their emotions such as exercise, mind/body awareness and expressivity may help these teenagers manage their emotions in a more constructive manner.
- It is paramount to develop coping mechanisms in helping adolescents cope with their mental status. An identification of the emotions, regulation of the emotions, problem solving and communication is something which a teenager can learn and then utilize to face the complexities in life with more ease. Having the sense of self-care, in the form of enough sleep, proper food intake and hobbies that they love to do can also lead to positive emotional states.
- How Do I Know I Need Professional Help?
- The ability to understand when to consult the professionals is of great importance in assisting the adolescents to get the right support and interventions available.
When the emotional issues of a teenager are causing significant disruption to his /her life, relationships, and/or school performance a mental specialist must be consulted. One-on-one therapy (therapists, counselors and psychologists) also provides a more personalized means by which, it helps teenagers to learn to take ownership and manage their emotions.
Adolescence is a tricky time to find one way or another in emotions and mental well-being, at least of a teenager and his parents.
The best thing that parents can do to empower their teenagers to make them stronger and more resilient is to understand the meaning and context of emotions they are experiencing in the adolescent stage, awareness of the common mental health problems, ensuring that they understand them, being supportive and understanding their teens, to teach their teen to cope with various forms of ups and downs and finally knowing when to seek professional help in order to tackle and overcome such mental health problems. Through assistance and support, open communication and understanding, this teenager might learn coping with emotions and how to value mental health in order to have a better future.